Quotes About Focus

Saturday, December 12, 8 p.m., the Loft I WILL PASS ALGEBRA THIS SEMESTER, and NOTHING IS GOING TO DISTRACT ME FROM STUDYING FOR THE FINAL!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday, December 12, 9 p.m., the Loft I just had to go out and see the part where Bruce Willis throws the explosives down the elevator shaft, but now I am back to work.

I am going to start with the sock drawer because that is clearly the most important. You can't really concentrate on anything if your socks aren't right.

And every camera in the room turned to focus on my horror-stricken, blood-drained face.

Get to the point, Dad. I have a country to run.

There's only one racing strategy that matters.It's the one I run by: Get in the lead and don't let anyone pass you.

We are taught to treat a practice sword with all the respect of a real weapon, so no thoughtless mistakes are made Oh... In Eddis, we learn to keep tack of the weapon we have in our hand.

It is good to be busy. Being busy takes our mind off being in love at the wrong time, in the wrong place and with the wrong guy.

I learned a long time ago that tears don't save lives. All they do is blur your vision.

To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success." -Anna Pavlova

Ariq's fingers caught in her hair, tugged her close. "This is why," he said roughly against her lips. "This is why I wanted you from almost the moment I pulled you from the water. The way you think. You're like an arrow." And sometimes a squirrel, scampering this way and that, wildly collecting nuts.

Here's an interesting phenomenon about gratitude: it's difficult to feel too bad when we're feeling grateful. Your mind has room for only one thought at a time. If you fill it with gratitude, there isn't room for negativity.

Not two things at once, but one thing done in peace.

When you learn to be aware and relax into the ordinary, it will be easier to relax in the stressful moments when you need clarity and focus.

Whenever you commit, your energy and resources will follow.

The best way to get past something was usually to simply do something else, right?

Life is attention to both the large and the small, little brother. Pay heed to the sun, but watch your feet, or you'll fall ingloriously on your nose.

One problem at a time, that was his motto. Too bad he never got to live up to it.

Once you get into it, it's all you can think about. Look, I know you don't trust my judgment because I eat cat shit. Someday I'll explain that to you. But right now do what I say. Just pick up the ball and throw it.

Are you lishening, my pretty vermin, are you lishening?

He ran because his decision had been made. It had been made for him by the convergence of half-forgotten motives, of desires and reasons, of varied yet congruous impulses. And the convergence of all these to a focus point of action.

If you want it bad enough, you'll pass.

Once you commit to your goal, don't get swayed by the temporary lure of creature comforts and easy feelings - instead, keep focused, and remember the pain never lasts for ever, but the pride in having followed your calling will.

So, remember that our goals are reached by how we prepare and train in the many months before crunch time. Train right, and the summit or gold medal will be the inevitable culmination of your commitment. I like that, because it means the rewards go to the dogged rather than the brilliant.

When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus on resolution, we take away hope.